Piano Dan

Episodes

1. 44

   #44: How About You?

   How About You?

   Apr 8, 2009
2. 43

   #43: Everything I Love

   Is this the first Cole Porter song on Piano Dan? That seems like an oversight. Everything I Love

   Apr 7, 2009
3. 42

   #42: A Ghost Of A Chance

   This song title could have used an editor. This was recorded immediately after the fast version of I'm Old Fashioned I posted the other day. You can hear me sort of slow myself down before I settle on a tempo and start the song. (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (With You)

   Apr 6, 2009
4. 41

   #41: When I Fall In Love

   Amy penciled in the words to this song in my fake book back last century, and they have been preserved through countless xeroxes in every binder I've put together over the past five years or so. When I Fall In Love

   Apr 5, 2009
5. 40

   #40: I'm Old Fashioned

   This could be my theme song. My blazing fast tempo indicates that this was recorded on a Saturday. Maybe I'll post a "normal" version so you can compare. I'm Old Fashioned

   Apr 5, 2009
6. 39

   #39: They All Laughed

   This tune is one of my favorites, and I haven't been able to find it in any fake book. So I get full arranger credit here. They All Laughed (At Christopher Columbus)

   Apr 5, 2009
7. 38

   #38: Isn't It Romantic?

   Isn't It Romantic?

   Apr 3, 2009
8. 37

   #37: Too Marvelous For Words

   The dress code has changed for pianists at Nordstrom--no more jacket & tie. I'll have to post a picture of my fabulous new look. Too Marvelous For Words

   Apr 2, 2009
9. 36

   #36: There Will Never Be Another You

   Retirement beckons: I'm heading to the University of Chicago for graduate school in financial mathematics! Look for the new website "Mathematician Dan" in which I will post a new differential equation every day. (Just kidding. Sort of.) ... Today at Nordstrom, a woman asked me the following...

   Apr 1, 2009
10. 35

    #35: Pennies From Heaven

    Not the same version I posted accidentally a few days ago. This is from a wedding I played on January 17th. Pennies From Heaven

    Feb 2, 2009
11. 34

    #34: Dindi

    We're off to Israel! Back Feb. 16th or thereabouts. Dindi

    Feb 2, 2009
12. 33

    #33: On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    This is humiliating. Not only did I upload the wrong song, but NOBODY NOTICED! Come on, people! On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    Jan 28, 2009
13. 32

    #32: On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)

    For some reason I have it in my head that Colleen knows this song. Is this true? On A Clear Day

    Jan 27, 2009
14. 31

    #31: Summertime

    So, I took a whole week off with the inauguration and a grad school interview. Hope you're still listening! "Summertime" is certainly my most popular song. I play it almost every day, and get compliments every time. On multiple occasions customers have booked me for a party immediately upon…

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    Jan 25, 2009
15. 30

    #30: Eighty-One

    Here's a Miles Davis Quintet number that ought to get played more. Go buy "E.S.P." today. Is it poor blogging etiquette to change the post date and time so I can continue to pretend I'm putting up a new song each day? Eighty-One

    Jan 17, 2009
16. 29

    #29: Embraceable You

    More Gershwin. (Yawn.) Embraceable You

    Jan 16, 2009
17. 28

    #28: Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'

    Sorry I fell a little behind this week. This is one of my favorite Duke Ellington tunes. I learned it from Art Tatum. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'

    Jan 15, 2009
18. 27

    #27: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

    I will totally cop to having learned this one from the Manhattan Transfer, back in my junior high school show choir days. Remember them? A Nightingale Sang

    Jan 14, 2009
19. 26

    #26: All Blues

    Karen was in the store yesterday listening, so my playing was unusually inspired. Right? All Blues

    Jan 14, 2009
20. 25

    #25: Sister Sadie

    This is a Horace Silver tune which we did a big-band arrangement of in high school. Sister Sadie

    Jan 12, 2009
21. 24

    #24: I've Been Born Again

    Courtesy of the Lutherans. My music for this tune has the following instructions penciled in: 1, 2) Regular 3) Instrumental 4) Music sporadic 5) Softly 6) Regular As with yesterday's song, someone else has outlined the basic structure, and yet the implementation of that plan is entirely mine.…

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    Jan 12, 2009
22. 23

    #23: Beautiful Love

    This is on the first jazz album I ever bought, Bill Evans at Town Hall. Since I've never heard any other version of the song, my arrangement is sort of a stripped-down version of his. It also forms a kind of "template" for me, as I have several other songs that I play similarly, though they were...

    Jan 11, 2009
23. 22

    #22: Quiet Now

    Here is my fourth ballad type. This song was made "famous" by Bill Evans (so to speak-it's not famous at all), but it is not his own composition. The composer is Denny Zeitlin. Amy has been a huge supporter of this complex ballad ever since I started working on it in high school. Thanks! And...

    Jan 10, 2009